It could be an analogy about Damon Albarn's relationship with Justine, which was in full force when the song was recorded.
More directly I think it's a commentary on the Japanese salaryman (sarariman) culture: you graduate, you take a job, that job becomes your life: your boss is your father, your coworkers are your siblings, and you are expected to stay in that one job for life. It's changing over there now, but for a long time, if you were to quit one job to go to another like people do in the US or Europe, it was essentially suicide... the chances of you getting another, comparable job later were pretty much done for.
Yuko is a Japanese girl's name, and Hiro is a Japanese boy's name. It's about a couple who met at work, and are now in a relationship together. They can't be a couple at work since it's work, and their hours are so long that they're only together weekends and then Sunday. They drink to keep themselves in check and be able to sleep (I'm familiar with this, haha) and so in effect, they never really get to spend time together.
They work hard and sacrifice what they'd love to be able to do together in the hopes that their future is stable.
It could be an analogy about Damon Albarn's relationship with Justine, which was in full force when the song was recorded.
More directly I think it's a commentary on the Japanese salaryman (sarariman) culture: you graduate, you take a job, that job becomes your life: your boss is your father, your coworkers are your siblings, and you are expected to stay in that one job for life. It's changing over there now, but for a long time, if you were to quit one job to go to another like people do in the US or Europe, it was essentially suicide... the chances of you getting another, comparable job later were pretty much done for.
Yuko is a Japanese girl's name, and Hiro is a Japanese boy's name. It's about a couple who met at work, and are now in a relationship together. They can't be a couple at work since it's work, and their hours are so long that they're only together weekends and then Sunday. They drink to keep themselves in check and be able to sleep (I'm familiar with this, haha) and so in effect, they never really get to spend time together.
They work hard and sacrifice what they'd love to be able to do together in the hopes that their future is stable.